UX jobs boring as shit
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- cannonball19780
What I've noticed, is that a lot of work exists in places where there actually isn't much "experience" to be had. And then, as a practitioner, you are either manufacturing experience thats not needed, or more commonly reducing the amount of experience to zero because "easy".
I'll pick on insurance again- it's a really good example of this.
I feel like industry heads say "we need to capture these millennials, it's all about the experience for them" and then conflate our practice with their need to tick off "experience" on their list.
Heres an example below.What the hell does the this association need with a "Creative and UX Director" other than making sure their "find a dentist" function scales properly on mobile?
https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Calif…
I'm assuming a lot here, but can any of you imagine what nontrivial work would be done here? Maybe I'm just unimaginative.
- Pay: 90k. They ask for a Creative and UX Director but what they want is a production designer. (No slight to production designers)kona
- I'm in your boat cannonball. I'm 42, have been doing this for 18 years. Was defined as a UX designer for TV interfaces back in 2005.kona
- Most recently have been producing others ideas who's pay is larger than mine. No testing. No research. Present ideas. We'll pick thank you.kona